Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has arrived in Abuja for a meeting of the Malala Fund’s Board of Directors, with a focus on strengthening efforts to keep Nigerian girls in school. The activist, who co-founded the Malala Fund after surviving a Taliban attack in Pakistan in 2012, will meet government officials, civil society leaders and girl
A Bauchi-based civil society organisation, the Young Leaders Network, in partnership with the Malala Fund, has organised a Bi-annual Stakeholders’ Forum in support of the girl-child education under the Strengthening Advocacy for Girls’ Education (SAGE) Project. The groups at a forum emphasised that the girl-child education faces challenges, and these challenges can only be collectively
In a bid to shape a better future for boys, the Great Achievers Initiative for Youth and Community Development (GAIYD) has called on government at all levels and development partners to promote educational participation among boys nationwide. Dr. Hillary Akpua, GAIYD founder, said that the group is committed to empowering the boy child through various
The National President of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), Muhammad Ibn Musa, has urged the government to make teaching more attractive for young graduates with better salary packages and facilities to solve workforce needs in the sector. He also encouraged a participative approach to school management for optimal staff performance.
Emirs and Chiefs in Adamawa have vowed to ensure that every child in the state has access to quality education, thereby reducing the number of out-of-school children. The leaders disclosed this on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at the high-level orientation meeting organised by the Adamawa State Government and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), supported
The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has called on government and industry leaders to make Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education more accessible to girls from a young age. Speaking during a webinar to mark the International Day of Women in Engineering, APWEN President Dr Adebisi Osim said girls need early
Public primary school pupils in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have remained out of school for more than three months due to an unresolved industrial dispute between the FCT Area Council authorities and the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) over the implementation of the new minimum wage. The prolonged strike, which began earlier this year,
The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project has conducted a sensitisation workshop for Gender-Based Violence (GBV) clubs in 50 secondary schools across Kano State, equipping students with the knowledge and tools to prevent and respond to GBV. Ten female students were selected from each of the 50 participating schools—totalling 500 participants—to undergo
The Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) has expressed sadness over the growing number of out-of-school children in Nigeria, particularly among the country’s most vulnerable populations. CSACEFA Moderator Peculiar Caleb disclosed this in a communiqué issued on Thursday, following a two-day meeting of the coalition’s Facilitating Committee in Abuja. Caleb, who also
On Thursday, the immediate past Accountant General of the Federation, Dr Oluwatoyin Madein, cautioned Nigerian youths against tagging education as a scam. Madein said this at Iperu Remo while speaking during an empowerment programme organised by the Olowo Oloye Foundation, an initiative founded by her and named after her late father, Alhaji Surakat Oyebanjo Sanni,
